AFV Club Aircraft 1/48 U2A Dragon Lady High Altitude Recon Aircraft (New Tool) Kit

AFV Club has released this completely new-tool kit of the early U-2 in 1/48 scale. Until now, the only option for the early U-2 was the venerable Hawk kit, while the later U-2R/TR-1 was produced in this scale by Testors/Italeri. AFV renders this U-2A with all of the detail you'd expect in a contemporary kit. The kit is molded in light gray styrene and presented on eight parts trees (duplicate tree not shown) plus one tree of clear parts.

Among the features and options:

• Beautifully detailed ejection seat (needs aftermarket pilot restraints)
• Beautifully detailed cockpit
• Positionable canopy
• Optional sun cover over the cockpit area
• Detailed three-camera pallet for Q-bay
• Optional trolley for camera pallet
• Q-bay cover molded in clear plastic
• Detailed wheel wells and landing gear
• Intakes down to compressor face
• Optional dorsal hump (if your subject used one)
• Positionable speed brakes
• Positionable flaps
• Optional outer wing 'pogo' struts
• Optional outer wing jacks

This kit provides some colorful subject options with its decal set:

• U-2A, 56-6701, AFFTC, Edwards AFB, 1960
• U-2A, NACA 368, 1958
• U-2A, 56-6721, 4080 SRW, Laughlin AFB, 1959
• U-2A, 56-6681, 4080 SRW, Laughlin AFB